During an interview, finance journalist Helaine Olen challenged the idea that personal finance must be complicated. He suggested that everything you need to know about managing your money could be written onto a single index card – and proceeded to do just that. When a photo of the index card went viral, the seemingly far-fetched idea flared into life. Serving to explain and expand on the original list of rules that populated its namesake, The Index Card demonstrates how managing your finances need not be an enormously complex affair. In fact, it argues that in finance applying and sticking to simple truths will create better outcomes than pursuing more obscure and complicated strategies. Praised for its conversational style and simple writing, the book also contains an easy-to-follow action plan and other tools which give you the confidence to take charge of your financia...